<p>Membership of the European Union</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 8 June 2016.

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Photo of Rhianon Passmore Rhianon Passmore Labour 1:53, 8 June 2016

Thank you, First Minister. As well as the 190,000 Welsh jobs alone that rely directly upon EU funding, my constituents also benefit from the important rights gained from the UK’s membership of the European Union, whether that’s paid leave—[Interruption.] Excuse me—time off for urgent reasons, breaks during the day, health and safety legislation, and I can go on. You’ve also mentioned taxation in terms of tariffs that the party opposite would like to dump on Wales. I could go on and on. In the face of this—and this is my question, Llywydd—what can Welsh Government do to protect workers’ rights in the face of the born-again Thatcherites in this Chamber who would send us back to the 1980s?